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Tiger Talk
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1. May 22nd Trivia Question
Today's Classroom Spotlight was on Miss Sell's 1st grade class. They are learning about plants and are growing various kinds of plants. Can you answer today's Trivia Question??? Give it a try!
Can you name an example of a kind of plant Miss Sell's students are growing?
posted 5/21/2012 10:24 PM
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2. May 15th Trivia Question
On May 15th, the TigerVision Classroom Spotlight was on Mrs. Bryan's 2nd grade class. They are learning about sandstorms. Can you answer today's trivia question? Give it a try!
How do sandstorms form?
posted 5/14/2012 9:30 AM
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3. May 8th Trivia Question
On TigerVision today, the classroom spotlight was on Mrs. George's 2nd grade class. They are learning about the explorers Lewis and Clark. Can you answer today's Trivia Question? Give it a try!
When did Lewis and Clark start and end their expedition?
posted 5/8/2012 9:05 AM
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4. April 24th Trivia Question
The teacher spotlight for today's TigerVision broadcast was on our principal, Mrs. Berlet! She has challenged the students of NWE to read 200,000 minutes by May 9th. Can you answer today's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try!
How many minutes have our students read so far?
posted 4/24/2012 8:42 AM
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5. March 29th Trivia Question
This week's classroom spotlight is on Mrs. Luca's 3rd grade class. They are learning about simple machines. Can you answer this week's trivia question of the week? Give it a try!
What is the importance of a lever?
posted 3/29/2012 9:02 AM
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6. March 22nd Trivia Question of the Week
This week's TigerVision Classroom Spotlight was on Mrs. Beidler's kindergarten class. They are learning about animals. Can you answer today's trivia question? Give it a try!
Name an example of a mammal, an amphibian and a reptile.
posted 3/21/2012 9:47 AM
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7. February 29th Trivia Question
Today's Classroom Spotlight was on Mrs. Bartholomew's 3rd grade class. They are learning about Fairy Tales. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question? Give it a try!
What kind of creatures are usually in fairy tales?
posted 2/29/2012 8:47 AM
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8. February 22nd Trivia Question of the Week
Today's Teacher Spotlight was on Mr. Kirk's 1st grade gifted class. They are learning about the planets and our solar system. Can you answer today's trivia question? Give it a try!
How many different types of galaxies are there?
posted 2/21/2012 9:56 AM
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9. January 31st Trivia Question of the Week
The spotlight on this week's show was on Mrs. Johnston's 3rd grade class. They are learning about the water cycle. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try!
What are the 3 steps of the Water Cycle in order?
posted 1/30/2012 9:29 AM
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10. January 23rd Trivia Question
On January 23rd, the Teacher Spotlight on TigerVision was about Mrs. Greenawalt's 5th grade class. They are learning about optimum conditions. Can you answer today's Trivia Question? Give it a try!
What does optimum condition mean?
posted 1/23/2012 8:43 AM
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11. December 16 Trivia Question of the Wek
On the December 16th TigerVision broadcast, the teacher spotlight was on Mrs. Bettler's 2nd grade class. They are learning about nouns. Can you answer today's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try!
What is a noun?
posted 12/15/2011 9:43 AM
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12. November 22nd Trivia Question of the Week
The spotlight on today's TigerVision broadcast was "Thanksgiving"! Can you answer this week's Trivia Question of the week? Give it a try!
When did the Pilgrims first arrive in America?
posted 11/21/2011 9:03 AM
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13. TigerVision Trivia, November 15th
The special feature on the November 15th edition of TigerVision was Veteran's Day. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try:
What are the five (5) branches of the Armed Services?
posted 11/11/2011 9:21 AM
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14. June 8th Trivia Question
On our June 8th TigerVision broadcast, the spotlight was on Ms. Firkal and Mrs. Kerschner's 5th grade classes. Ms. Firkal's class is creating "bottle buddies" based on a character from a book they read. Mrs. Kerschner's class is learning about the Revolutionary War. Can you answer this week's trivia question of the week? Give it a try!
Where was the first battle in the Revolutionary War?
posted 6/3/2011 3:01 PM
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15. June 1st Trivia Question of the Week
The June 1st Spotlight of the Week was on Mrs. Bartholomew and Mrs. Luca's 3rd grade classes. They are learning about Fairy Tales and Fractured Fairy Tales. We learned about the most popular Fairy Tales. Can you answer today's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try!
Can you name one of the top 9 Fairy Tales mentioned on our show today?
posted 5/26/2011 3:19 PM
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16. May 24th Trivia Question of the Week
On our May 24th TigerVision Broadcast, the Spotlight of the Week was on Mrs. Mertz's 1st grade class. Her students are learning about plants. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question??? Give it a try! What are the 4 basic parts of a plant?
posted 5/23/2011 3:18 PM
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17. May 17th Trivia Question
On our May 17th TigerVision Broadcast, the Spotlight of the Week was on Mrs. Dangello's reading class. Her kindergarten students are learning about different types of reading strategies. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question??? Give it a try! What is one example of a strategy that was shared on TigerVision?
posted 5/12/2011 3:20 PM
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18. May 3rd Trivia Question
Today's TV show featured Mrs. Nass-Yepsen's 3rd grade Guidance class. They are learning about different careers. Mrs. Bartholomew's class was surveyed for their favorite career. The choices were chef, military, doctor, pro sports player and fire fighter. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try! What is Mrs. B's class' favorite career?
posted 5/3/2011 9:25 AM
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19. April 26th Trivia Question
On our April 26th TigerVision Broadcast, the Spotlight was on Mrs. Rex's class. Her students are learning about order of operations in math. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question??? Give it a try! (Hint: Mrs. Belnoski dressed up as this character!) What is the trick you use to figure out a problem of multiple operataions?
posted 4/19/2011 3:13 PM
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20. April 15th Trivia Question of the Week
The April 15th TigerVision Broadcast Spotlight of the Week was on Ms. Firkal's 5th grade class. They are reading biographies and writing reports. A biography is a book written about a person's life. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try! What is Bill Gates famous for inventing? pictue courtesy of www.flikr.com
posted 4/12/2011 3:24 PM
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21. April 8th Trivia Question of the Week
On the April 8th TigerVision, the Spotlight of the Week was on Mr. Arifaj's 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade gifted classes. They are learning about animals and thier habitat. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question? Give it a try! What helps an animal breathe under water? (photo courtesy of http://frank.itlab.us/photo_essays/wrapper.php?feb_01_2009_oceanographic.html)
posted 4/8/2011 8:54 AM
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22. April 1st Trivia Question
On the April 1st TigerVision Broadcast, the Spotlight of the Week was on Mrs. Pensyl. Her students are learning about vowel sounds and reading strategies. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question of the Week? Give it a try!
What is the definition of a vowel sound?
*By the way, April Fool's! No ice cream party for the first class to respond!
(picture courtesy of http://www.sort-of-the-news.com/wp/?p=255)
posted 3/29/2011 3:10 PM
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23. March 25th Trivia Question
On the March 25th TigerVision, the Spotlight of the Week was on Mrs. Fornauf's 5th grade class. They are learning about the 13 Original Colonies in Social Studies. Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original colonies. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question? Give it a try! Who is the founder of Pennsylvania? (picture courtesy of http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/William_Penn_gravure.jpg)
posted 3/22/2011 3:27 PM
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24. March 18th Trivia Question
The March 18th Spotlight of the week was on Mrs. White's 1st grade class. They have been learing about the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska and non-ficion books. We learned some interesting facts about too. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question? Give it a try! What is a non-fiction book? (photo courtesy of www.libbyriddles.com)
posted 3/15/2011 3:13 PM
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25. March 11 Trivia Question
The March11th Spotlight of the week was on Mrs. Hanlon in the library. She has been talking about Dr. Suess and Read Across America Week. We learned some interesting facts about Dr. Seuss. Can you answer this week's Trivia Question? Give it a try! What is Dr. Seuss' real name? (picture courtesy of http://suttonhoo.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html)
posted 3/9/2011 1:43 PM
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